Leaf of a missal
F-r74d
Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0176
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Leaf of a gradual
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0176
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany
Date of Origin Late 12 or early 13th century
Script, Hands
Transitional praegothica hand. Music text scribe has some carolingian aspects.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 296 mm
Page Width at least 130 mm
Height of Written Area at least 275 mm
Width of Written Area at least 92 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 35 – 36
Numbering
Penciled 36 in contemporary hand
More about the Condition
36 lines on recto and 35 on verso, from which thirteen, on recto, and seven, on verso, contain musical notation
Current Condition
Dimensions 296 x 130 mm
More about the Current Condition
Was used in a binding. Left-hand margin has been trimmed significantly effacing text and music. A "narrow rectangular hole" has been cut in the top edge.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
From McGill description: "single line and two-line initials in red"
German unhightened neumes.